3rd annual Hastings Film Fringe

The 3rd annual Hastings Film Fringe event will take place between September 15th-17th 2017 at The Palace; an independent, bijou cinema located in the heart of Hastings seafront.

Now in its third year of running, The Hastings Film Fringe has linked with The Hastings Fringe to create a platform for filmmakers and performers alike, to showcase their work; features and shorts respectively.

Confirmed Films | More details very soon

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Animated Shorts

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Shorts 3

8 Minutes

15

13

min

After apocalyptic information leaks about the sun going out, meaning the earth will get dark in eight minutes, forever, chaos covers the whole world except for Gia - a single man under sixty with a boring, poor life.

George Gogichaishvili & David Abramishvili

A Delicate Love

15

18

min

Peter, a Maths student, works part-time in a delicatessen. When a handsome and sophisticated older man purchases exquisite delicacies, Peter cannot help but be drawn to him and his fantasy life gets way out of hand. A Delicate Love explores the pains and pleasures of coming out and the overwhelming power of fantasy.

Rachel Dax

A Piece of Coal

15

10

min

A young woman becomes a wife, mother and teacher in the heart of coal mining country, whilst the communities around her are in turmoil.

Laura Torenbeek

A Whole World For a Little World

PG

15

min

A woman tells a great story to her baby. In the manner of a tale with princes and princesses, she remains into his memories to pass on his daughter.

Fabrice Bracq

Aerodyne

U

3

min

When an inventor begins work on a flying car invention, an accident in his workshop causes his pet hamster to lose her limbs. Feeling regret, he must decide between finishing his work or bringing her happiness again.

Tiffany Sigaran

After Eric: Part of That World

12A

14

min

This film follows the story of the real Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid as she tries to exist as 'Part of That World'.

Marcus J. Richardson

All About Emily

12A

7

min

A modest housekeeper keeps being bullied by an hysterical bourgeois for no apparent reason. Forced to endure these abuses in order to avoid being sent back to Cuba, she makes a discovery that will change everything.

Valentina Casadei

Annie Waits

12A

9

min

We’ve all waited for ‘the one’. The one who catches our eye, the one who keeps our interest, the one who won’t expect us to trudge down that conventional path. Annie Waits tells the story of lust and disappointment, as a twenty-something waits for her adult life to begin. Based on, you know - life.

Marnie Paxton-Harris

Bearable

U

4

min

What if your tribe within the gay community defined you. What if you lived with a real bear.

David James Holloway

Below 0°

U

5

min

A meteorologist who narrates his experience in the Arctic through a voice recording; And how his life is linked physically and spiritually to nature.

Itai Hagage & Jonathan Gomez

Big Boy

U

16

min

The boy turns 6. His father for the first time sends him to the store to buy bread. The boy will receive his birthday present, a camera, as long as he completes this mission. In order to prove that he has grown up, the boy decides to take up this challenge. But he has to face many difficulties in...

Yuri Solodov

Blood and Carpet

18

76

min

Set in Hackney before it became desirable at a time when transport consisted of Lambrettas, Cortinas and Routemaster buses. Fine dining was suet pudding with carrots and peas and a good night out involved pulling, pills, pale ale and a fight.
This unique movie is an homage to old British black and white b-movies. Filmed in monochrome and mixed in...

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Bob's Soul

15

7

min

When a bungled attempt at auto-erotic asphyxia goes awry, the recently deceased Bob pleads with his departing Soul for another chance to live a more meaningful existence.

Harry Roth

Curtain Down

15

16

min

A queer love story that takes a surreal but tender look at gender, identity and aging as our hero is forced to choose between career and love.

Emett Casey

Decorosa

12A

13

min

Decorosa keeps a skeleton costume in her bedroom closet, between the nightgowns. That's what love is about.

Enrique Buleo

Drone

15

13

min

The relationship between two flatmates takes a sinister turn when one of them becomes obsessed with a mysterious droning sound.

Robert Duncan

Dyab

12A

20

min

12-year-old Dyab is a Kurdish Yazidi boy living at Arbat refuge camp, after the horrendous attacks by the Islamic States on their villages at Shingal Mountains (Sinjar). However, Dyab’s dream is, to become a filmmaker and actor and tell the stories and sufferings of his people to the outside world.

Mazin M Sherabayani

Everything Is Allowed

15

18

min

When 11 year-old Leo and his 8 year-old sister Eloïze come back from school, they sit in front of a TV game show. The goal is to inflict fake punishments on candidates when they're wrong. A game "not to reproduce at home." But Leo, educated by TV and TV games, reproduces in his own way what he sees on...

Anaïs Girard-Blanc

Family Portrait

12A

15

min

Margaret must convince her daughter Louise to take responsibility for the family after the death of her father, whilst the family endures the ritual of a family portrait.

Kelly Holmes

FERRUCCIO: Story of a (little) Robot

U

7

min

Duccio is an inventor by vocation, and in his home workshop tries an exceptional challenge. Thanks to his determination and a bit of magic, a short circuit will create Ferruccio, a robot created by assembling contraptions that has been recycled.

Stefano De Felici

Freelance

15

17

min

This is the story about typical freelancer, who get into trouble because of his laziness.

Liliya Tkach

Good-bye Adam

12A

13

min

In a Turkish area of Australia, lives a woman (Eve) in her 40s who has an unhappy marriage, never goes outside of her local area and spends all her days in the isolation of her home like a prisoner. Her biggest joy is the time she spends in the garden at home. A woman (Lilith) pays her visits in...

Gulsum Guler Ozen

Great Gals

15

17

min

It’s hard to find a new relationship especially if you not interested in balloon fetish.

Zsuzsanna Bendó

Holy F**k

15

9

min

Holy F**k is a darkly erotic and comedic tale about a demon and an exorcist’s deadly sexual tangle towards release.
When we first see Joe the demon, a large blob of a man, he is aching for the priest to cast him out of his bloated vessel. However, both the priest and demon fall victim to performance anxiety. Growing ever...

Chris Chalklen

hu.mans: David Stuart

15

12

min

A six year old faces an unimaginable tragedy altering his young life and taking it on a dark trajectory. From the depths of despair emerges a determined man who takes control of his demons and turns his life around.

Chidi Nobi

In a Heartbeat

U

4

min

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

Beth David & Esteban Bravo

Infinite

15

15

min

Given only months to live, a young man calls upon his closest friends to make his existence infinite, through the assembly of five key elements from his life.

Connor O'Hara

iRony

PG

8

min

A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone.
This hand drawn animated film is based on the poem 'Seven Billion' written by the film director that won 2 National poetry awards: The Young Australian Writer’s National Award for Poetry, selected out of a field of 30,000 and the Karen W Treanor Poetry...

Radheya Jegatheva

Jess & Dave Save the World

PG

7

min

Jess, an 18 year old girl, is taken on an adventure by a walking eyeball named Dave. Her journey takes her and her toddler brother to space to fight a monster. For Jess, this is a day just like any other.
"Jess & Dave Save the World" is a student animation written and drawn by one person in the style...

Ryan Smith

Just Desserts

U

5

min

A short homage to silent film, slapstick and farce. A hapless waiter struggles to maintain control when a demanding customer and a wooing couple vie for his attention. Before too long another customer makes their presence known and everything starts to unravel.

Liam Banks

Just Want Home

U

5

min

In the metropolis, the workers living in the illegal area of city. They build up a small community by suitcase-size tents. Why they choose to live in a small tent neither a safe, steady house. It was a story abort a young woman, who once has a lovely lifetime in her home.

Tiffany Chen

Kinetic

15

10

min

Dr. Michael Cohen, a naive new psychatrist, has his first interview with Patient DE-157, otherwise known as Kraven Malek. Aware of the dangers of his patients past, Michael approaches Kraven in a different light, trying to appeal to any humanity that Kraven has left. As this interview continues, the tables turn and it begins to transpire that Kraven is...

Joe Moody

Knife Fight

15

4

min

A seedy, side alley stand-off takes an unexpected turn in - Knife Fight.

Miguel J. Soliman

Lend A Hand

15

86

min

Caterina is a young and well-known psycologist, her life is perfect: Love, job, family, friends are all that she wishes.
But one day something happens which threatens her happy but a little bit unconscious existence. Her father dies leaving her full of debts owing to her sister Viola who has got through the family property; a provincial scandal disgraces...

Raffaella Covino

Lift

15

75

min

Sean's vicious attack leaves a man unconscious and him stranded in an elevator with five others. In the confines of the lift, love has a chance of blossoming - violence has a chance of erupting - Sean has little chance of escape. With his freedom hanging in the balance can the people who fear him offer him one last...

Conor Armstrong Sanfey

Lizzie Lost

PG

10

min

While struggling with a complicated love situation, Lizzie tries to avoid a life changing diagnosis.

Molly Ratermann

Lola Wants to See the Sea

12A

5

min

This is a film about finding yourself while becoming a woman. Lola likes to get into cars with strangers- to get away, to take a risk and do something unexpected, dangerous and exciting. Every time Lola meets someone new, she makes up a story and identity. But most of the time, she calls herself “Lola” and tells them that...

Natalie MacMahon

Miss Gender

12A

6

min

An exploration into the idea of gender being a construct. There is a spectrum and we all fall on it differently. Never before has society been more accepting and open to the idea of blurring the lines between what we know to be the norm. There is still a lot more to go but the more we push the...

Isaac Bell

My Genderation: Alice & The Sun

U

9

min

Meet Alice, a charming and sweet lady, who always has a smile and positive things to say. The sun shone throughout filming, which completely reflects her happy soul. We heart Alice and think she's a total inspiration to us all.

Fox Fisher

Not The End of The World

PG

8

min

An ambiguous love letter introduces Joe Connoly to a life full of possibilities, and complications.

Jack Bennett

One Day to the Next

U

16

min

Kellan Hagar, a depressed teenager, wishes for life to become like the joyous movie musical he used to watch with his mother before she passed away. One night, after a power outage spoils his movie viewing experience, Kellan wishes for life to become like “one happy song.” What follows is an adventure he’ll never forget as he awakens in...

Julio Montesino

One Small Step

U

2

min

One of humankind’s greatest achievements has been to walk on the moon. It was marked in history as a phenomenal success. What if that first step had turned out a little differently?
As Neil Armstrong is about to take his first step on the moon, something catches his eye in the distance. Naturally curious, he leaps out into the unknown...

Sarah Rackemann

Oor Wally

12A

12

min

Oor Wally (The Warrior) is a lighthearted documentary short film that follows Scotland's most unique mascot Wally the Warrior across an eventful football season. Wally also happens to be Eleanor, a mother of eight and and granny of seven. Every home game she wears the Wally costume with pride even though every season the team face another relegation battle.

Martin Lennon

Patrick's Day

15

102

min

When a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.

Terry McMahon

Poet With Punch

PG

3

min

Poet With Punch is a short documentary starring Matt Windle, poet by day and boxer by night. Accompanied with a breath taking poem by Matt himself, we are invited into a personal journey of an artist and a fighter told in an unyielding momentum.

Zdenek Zac Ruzicka

Post To Post

U

5

min

Glyn Rowlands, 90, tells us about his time in the post office during the Second World War.

Edward Evans

Queer Heroes

15

5

min

A celebration of queer figures in both historical and contemporary times who have helped push forward arts, politics or science. A collaboration between 14 animators, the structure is based on the old Surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpses.

Kate Jessop

Red River

15

12

min

With the help of a Nazi hunter, a concentration camp escapee tracks down an ex-Nazi soldier who took something precious from her during World War II.

Harry Jones

Restricted Vision

12A

15

min

Deep in the Welsh hills, a car is on the move. Its driver, Alan (Jez Leather), appears to be documenting the landscape via a series of polaroids, a road trip made none the simpler by the presence of sometime glam rock frontman Jonny Cola - irritable, unsettled and trapped in an increasingly surreal journey of his own making.

Jonny Cola & Jez Leather

Save

12A

4

min

Dawns. A baby breaks the silence.

Iván Sáinz-Pardo

School of Shock

PG

3

min

Miscommunication between Mother and Daughter causes havoc when six-year-old Isabelle attends an interview for a private school.

Steven Dorrington

Seat 25

12A

83

min

When Faye Banks secretly enters a competition to win a seat on the first manned mission to Mars, she never expects to win. But when the dangerous one way trip becomes a reality, her life on Earth is turned upside down. With time running out, Faye must decide whether to leave her husband, family and friends, or has the...

Nicholas Agnew

Sophie's Story

15

7

min

Sophie's Story was developed from an edited interview with Sophie Morgan; a reformed crack cocaine addict. The film set out to explore addiction from a user's perspective and explore the social and background factors involved in dependency. Sophie's Story uses animation to describe an often disjointed and surreal journey from a background of domestic abuse and troubled adolescence into...

Christos Hatjoullis

Swamp Affair

PG

9

min

While on a berry-picking trip a woman gets stuck in a swamp, but she soon realizes it's not only the swamp she's stuck in.

Aleksi Puranen

Sweet Maddie Stone

15

24

min

15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she has to make his bail money or lose the yard. The more Maddie fights, the more her world spirals out of control--and the closer she gets to becoming the man she's trying to save.

Brady Hood

The 1% Crisis in The Great Lakes

U

7

min

The 1% explores the dangerous future (and present) of our nation's most precious natural resource: the Great Lakes.

Griffin Olis

The Box

15

10

min

Driving down a dark country road, Niall picks up a strange man who's cradling a mysterious cardboard box. The Box is a 10 minute Thriller/ Dark Comedy starring Andrew Bennett (Garage), Ned Dennehy (Tyrannosaur) and Máire Ní Ghráinne (The Clinic).
Since starting it's festival run in May this year The Box has been officially selected to screen in over 10...

Adam Collins

The Captain's Daughter

12A

9

min

How well do you know your neighbour?

Tony Fox

The Closet

15

20

min

Reluctant to disclose his desire, a closet transvestite forms an unlikely friendship with a prostitute.

Patrick McKnight

The Honeymoon

18

13

min

A newlywed Christian couple go on their honeymoon to what they believe to be a quaint B&B in the Welsh countryside. But the cottage turns out to be a sex den, and events go horribly wrong.

Ruth Pickett

The Inuring

15

10

min

A bullied teenage girl finally confronts her sister to drag their fractured past out into the light.

James Hughes

The Library

12A

8

min

Two young men looking for books in a war torn city. They believe books provide strength to people in difficult times.

Cho Ki Sharon Chung

The Lion

12A

9

min

A fresh faced video director sees an opportunity to prove himself in a voice-over recording session for a company brand film. But with a script that reads like corporate nonsense, clients holding the creative process hostage and voice over talent refusing to cooperate, preventing a train wreck is looking rather unlikely.

Sam Buchanan

The Man Up The Stairs

15

15

min

The Man Up The Stairs follows the downward mental spiral of Julia- a depressed, disturbed woman who has been grieving and living alone since her fiance cheated on her. After many months of loneliness, Julia decides to rent out her fiance's old room. Her advertisement eventually grabs the interest of Oliver, a young writer. Charming, kind, and handsome, Oliver...

Rebecca Gosnell

The Man Who Stopped

PG

2

min

It were just a drizzly, humdrum
Market day in Lower Doldrum
The sellers sold, the shoppers shopped
But one man, well, this man just stopped...
This 90-second animation is a riddle, wrapped in a rhyming scheme, inside a market.

Joseph Reaney

The Mask

12A

6

min

The Mask is a short film about a nurse named Mary who lives a double life. She is trapped between being the happy and passionate nurse at work, while at home she struggles with self-confidence. Mary meets a patient Mr. York, who sees right through her mask.

Tara Jabour

The Old Men

12A

18

min

Captain Justice and his team of great heroes were once the protectors of Cosmopolis and adored by all citizens. After having put in jail their sworn enemy, the Scarman, they décide to put masks and capes in the wardrobe to retire. Now 70 years old Captain Justice is leading a normal life. But this old hero intends to resume...

Jordan Inconstant

The Play

PG

9

min

Kim –an experienced actress, but who just recently transitioned from man to woman- is struggling to play her first female role on stage.

Alma Jiménez Ochomogo

The Spy by the Sea

PG

13

min

The Spy by the Sea is a short romantic comedy drama set in 1913 Denmark. Christopher Brythelwaite is an Englishman's Englishman who has just finished his education at Cambridge University and decides it would be 'awfully vogueish' to become a spy, but is quickly seduced by German counterspy, Eva Hauser. Their relationship is tinged by romance, humour and a...

Nicholas Hulbert

The Theory of Almodovar

12A

13

min

The Syrian refugee Sahra is rescued by the Transilvanian (Romanian) immigrant Mirona, who survived by playing accordions in the streets, while her passport and supplies were being seized to work in Istanbul, and Mirona will help her at the expense of deportation as Sahra is so similar with her."

Halit Eke

The Wall

U

6

min

Fleeing their city, a grandmother and her grandson reach a tall, endless wall.

Nick Baker & Tristan Klein

Tone Death

15

72

min

Believing he's found the frequency that will free human consciousness, a drug-addled techno producer builds a machine that kills people with sound.

John Hickman

Treurgrond

15

91

min

Treurgrond tells the painful story of a farming community in South Africa trying to survive the numerous farm attacks confronting farmers almost every day. These gruesome acts affect not just those closely related to the victims, but set in motion a chain of events. Amidst the pressure and anxiety increased by the growing number of farm murders, Lukas Van...

Darrell Roodt

Under The Apple Tree

12

18

min

The secret of zombiedom. Now you know.
Us worms control the brain of the dead.
And when you’re old and you have to go,
we are the voice inside your head...

Erik van Schaaik

Unravelling The Ocean's Veil

U

8

min

Hey you, human being reading this synopsis. Yes, you who complains of time and death, of love and existence. Today is your lucky day: my life is way worse. And it only lasts six minutes.

Quico Meirelles

We Are Not A Muse

PG

8

min

Late at night, she has to finish an urgent presentation. But he's writing a song on his guitar. It's pretty distracting, being a muse.

Glyn Carter

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